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In the great rom-com run of the 2000s, many of the protagonists were writers, both aspiring and established. The characters had high hopes about what mark they could make on the world. Writing about a writer may seem solipsistic, but it gives the story an edge because there are multiple levels: what the writer is going through, and how theyโre going to process it for their own storytelling.
Historical fiction about writers provides another interesting angle for writerly interrogation because we know thereโs a literary legacy in the process of creation. Thatโs true for historical novels about real writers, but even fictional writers in fiction are involved in creating the record that the future will read. Historical fiction about writers tends to focus on these writers brushing up against important (or overlooked) moments that the writer of the book wants to process. Dive into the meta layers of history with these books about real writers and fictional writers.